Refrigerator.



A. E. BROOKS.

REFRIGERATOR.

. APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 1,1910. 1,012.51 3. Patented Dec. 19,1911.

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citizen of the United States, residing at Chi-' ALBERT E. BROOKS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS."

REFRIGERATOR.

Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Application filed August'l, 1910. Serial No. 575,004.

Patented'Dec. 19, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. BROOKS, a

cage, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in refrigerators and has for its object the production of a refrigerator which will be of durable and economical construction and efficient in operation.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view my invention consists in a refrigerator characterized as above mentioned and in certain details of construction and arrangement of parts all as will be hereinafter fully described and more. particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings formin a part of this specification, and in whic Figure 1 is a vertical section of a refrigorator embodying the preferred form of my invention, the sectionbeing taken on substantially line w-m of Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line yy of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the device, a

ortion being broken away in order to better illustrate the construction, Fig. 4 is a verticaltransverse section of the upper end portion of the refrigerator, and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary top plan view thereof, portions being broken away in order" to expose underlying parts.

Referring now to the drawings the refrigerator therein shown comprises an outer substantially rectangular casing 1, this casing,

when the device is assembled for use, being inclosed in a suitable ornate preferably woo housing. Said casing 1 is open at its upper end, said end being normally closed by a hinged lid 2 which is secured at its rearward edge to the upper edge of the rearward wall of said casing. Arranged within the casing 1 are two smaller rectangular casings 3 and 4, the lower and front ends of the latter which are open being secured as by soldering to the bottom and front walls ofthe casing 1, the remaining walls of said casings 3 and 4 being as seen uniformly spaced from the adjacent walls of the casing 1. The interior of the casing 3 is divided by spaced hOIlzontal shelves 5 into a plurality of independentfood compartments 6, said co'mpart ments together with the single compartment 7 constituted within the casing 4 and which is adapted especially for storage of meat, opening at their front ends through the front wall ofthe casing 1. Each of the chambers 6 and 7 is provided with a door 8 hung on hinges 9, and each is provided with a suitable locking device 10 for holding the same in closed position. Within the casing 7 at the upper end thereof is provided a plurality of hooks 11' adapted for the supporting of meat or other articles within said compartment. The casings 3 and 4 are slightly spaced apart so as to form a narrow air chamber 12 between the adjacent walls thereof.

Inclosing the casings 3 and 4, except the front and bottom walls thereof, is an intermediate wall 13, said wall being spaced from .the adjacent walls of said casings 3 and 4 so as to form a narrow air chamber 14, said intermediate wall being held spaced from the walls of said casings by means of blocks 15 arranged at intervals therebetween and rigidly secured thereto. The chamber 12 at its rearward and upper ends is in open communication with the chamber 14 so that the casings 3 and 4, except at,their front and bottom sides, are surrounded by continuous air jackets. At the outer side of the wall 13, that is between the same and the adjacent walls of the casing 1, is formed an ice chamber or compartment 16.

The front and lower edges of the wall 13 are securely fastened, as by soldering, to the front' and bottom walls of the casing 1, communication between the chambers 14 and 16 being established through narrow transversely extending openings 17 the lateral portions of the wa 1.13 at the upper extremities thereof. In order to prevent the dropping of ice through the openings 17 into the chamber 14, the edges of the top portion of the intermediate wall 13 adjacent said openings are slightly extended as at 18, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The walls of the casings 3 and 4 are perforated at intervals, as at 19, so that communication is established between each of the compartments 6 and 7 and the air chambers 12 and 14.

With the construction as set forth it will be seen that in operation, that is with ice and brine contained in the chamber 16 cold rovided in air will pass from the latter through the.

openings 17 and circulate through the chambers 12 and 14, thence through the perforations 19 through the food compartments 6 and 7 Thus it will be seen that the articles contained in the latter compartments will be exposed" directly to the action of the cold air from the ice chamber, and which air, be-

cause of the open and continuous passages with a drain opening 20 which communicates with the ice compartment. Secured to said bottom in registration with the-opening 20 is a threaded nipple 21 which communicates at its lower end with the waste pipe 22.

23 indicates a drain pipe which is in threaded connection at its lower end with the nipple 21 so that detachment thereof in order to efl'ect cleaning or flushing of the ice compartment may be readilyefiected.

With the pipe 23 arranged as indicated, the

ice compartment, when the refrigerator is in operation, will at all times be filled with' brine up to the upper extremity of said pi e, that is, the same will be substantially fu 1, thereby increasingtheeffectiveness of the refrigerator in maintaining the same at a low temperature. v

While I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of my refrigerator, I do not wish to be limited thereto as there might be various changes made in the details of con- A struction and arrangement of parts described without departing'from the spirit of the invention comprehended within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a refrigerator, the combination of an outer casing; a pair of smaller innercasings arranged within said outer casing so as to' leave a space about them, said inner casings being spaced apart and open at their front and bottom sides and secured to said outer casing at the front and bottom; an intermediate wall inserted in said outer casing and inclosing said inner casings; said intermediate wall being open at its front and bottom and secured to said outer casing at its front and bottom; and doors in the front of said outer casing giving access to said inner casings, substantiallyas described.

2. In a refrigerator, the combination of an outer casing; a pair of smaller perforated inner casings arranged within said outer casing so as to leave a space about them, said inner casings being spaced apart and open at their front and bottom sides and secured to said outer casing at the front and bottom; an intermediate wall inserted in 1 said outer casing and inclosing said inner caslngs, sald intermediate wall belng open at its front and bottom and secured to said outer casing at its front and bottom, the said intermediate wall being also provided with a top which overhangs its sides and the sides being provided with perforations lying immediately below said overhanging-to portions; and doors in the front of sai outer casing giving access to said outer casing,

substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 7 name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

v ALBERT E. BROOKS. Witnesses: JANET E. HOGAN,

JOSHUA R. H. Po'r'rs. 

